Comments on: Commodore vs. MacBook Air

By: goforbroke

goforbroke — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:15:41 +0000

know how that goes, there are a few of us on here that actually work for Dell and after a period of time they try and squeeze you out the door no matter how well you are doing

By: TaiyedMan

TaiyedMan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:13:37 +0000

I wish i could. Its corporate policy to dick the employee.

By: goforbroke

goforbroke — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:44:10 +0000

so after reading all the posts on this, and looking at the specs for the air, i figure the reason they have such long battery life is because it doesnt have shit for periphs, which in turn i think they designed this for the business person that gets stuck in meetings for long hours or the ones that fly all over the place for work, now on that note the company would prob be buying them and if they can afford to fly someone around a lot then im sure the price is just a drop in the bucket for them, plus a tax writeoff. on that note jasonp is that the X1? pain in the ass to replace parts on. TaiyedMan tell your boss that you need an upgrade to the 820

By: TaiyedMan

TaiyedMan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:47:07 +0000

I always laugh at things like this. If I plopped down 2 grand on a laptop that skinny, I woudlnt walk around with it out in the open. It would go in a laptop bag, with my power supply, an external drive, etc etc etc…

Its classic Apple stuff. Lets take something, make it so small and round its corners, make it cum white, and then pretty much make it so you have to protect it with something, therefore making it large again and just as cumbersome as anything else. And if your company buys you one, I’d be impressed. We’re stuck with D620s, because, well, its nice to be able to even OPEN a DWG file to read drawings, and ports to interface with panels.

ANYWAYS, I ramble. Either way, you’re not going to jsut walk around with this thing out in the open. It’s going to be in a case, until you pull it out to use iTunes. It’s no different than any other laptop, its just smaller and less functional.

And @Saphy
“or be a tightwad and get a PC”
How is getting something that’s more useful to someone being a tightwad? Just cause its cheaper? Im willing to be you’re a tightwad, since you more than likely do NOT have a Jaguar. Jeez… L2Spend like you’ve got a job.

The only people who would get this are people who are so insecure with themselves and consumed with being a metrosexual that they fill their life with rounded corners and Apple logos.

By: Saphykitten

Saphykitten — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:34:54 +0000

Haha. You guys forget that apple makes a larger laptop w/ethernet and a DVDrom for you morons who demand to have them? AND it is cheaper? lolz.

The AIR is for people who dont rely on that crap. Get a full macbook, or be a tight wad and get a PC, it doesnt really matter. Actually, scratch that, move out of your parents basement and get a girlfriend. That would be a better investment for the most of you <3

By: tiki god

tiki god — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:35:15 +0000

@redxblack
why the hell are you paying for netflix? Just download the damn movies!

By: redxblack

redxblack — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:41:19 +0000

i’m one of those ghey mac users and i would never buy a mac air. i’ve never used the ethernet port on my macbook, but i use the optical drive at least 5-8 times a week just for copying netflix dvds alone.

this is a gimmick.

i lament the loss of firewire. it isn’t because usb 2.0 is better, but is a more widely accepted architecture. my firewire peripherals are so solid. oh well. betamax is gone too.

By: Caio

Caio — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:14:49 +0000

ahahahahhahah
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ahahahhahahahaha.
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hahahahahahahaha
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There’s not enough disdainful laughing for a person like you, Frank. The Canadian dollar and economy has been on the Up and Up ever since Bush’s upper-class tax cuts. Hell, I don’t even buy shit in Canada anymore, save groceries. I just drive down to Montana where everything is at third-world prices.
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I actually heard they were gonna open a spa down there so impoverished Americans can bring us Canadians Pinha Coladas and clean our rooms for 3 cents an hour.

By: reboot

reboot — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:01:02 +0000

@Frank,
That joke isn’t funny at the current exchange rates.
@Caio,
“Why in the fuck would you spend an ***extra*** $800-1, 800 in order to have a work-only laptop, when you could by a fully functional laptop for significanly less?”
Because work is paying for it.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:30:30 +0000

Except Caio, $2000 Canadian is like.. what.. $10 USD? xD